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Why hasn’t Gov. Scott Walker denied knowledge of secret network in his County Executive office?

   February 22, 2014

I find it telling that Gov. Walker hasn’t come out and unequivocally denied knowledge of a secret network in his County Executive office.

The fact that he hasn’t issued a clear denial tells me that he did know, and he knows it would be damaging (and that’s putting it mildly) to admit he knew. After all, to admit he knew of the secret network in his County Executive office would be to admit he knew his subordinates were engaging in illegal/unethical behavior under his leadership.

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15 thoughts on “Why hasn’t Gov. Scott Walker denied knowledge of secret network in his County Executive office?”

  1. Thanks Zach. IMHO, he’s trying to run out the clock. The closer it gets to November, the less likely either the Feds or D.A.’s connected with the John Doe want to indict him.

    Once he’s elected, they can indict him, but he’s got a lot of opportunity to do more damage.

    IMHO, these emails are really damning. And when the national news covers it “Daniel Bice talks to MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell about Scott Walker, Doe documents”
    http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/246416321.html
    Journal Communications and the rest of the state media can’t let those eyeballs get away, they have to cover it.

    Fingers crossed.

  2. I have to admit. I am concerned that is what is happening right now. The local and national media is kinda dropping the ball on this.

    As I stated to Zach earlier, the story may just not be “sexy” enough for the national media. It’s sad, but it may be true. For the laymen or for older people, when discussing the crux of the story, it sounds like NerdTalk101…with secret routers, yahoo accounts and 27,000 emails.

    There is no doubt these documents should be damaging and quite frankly, put Governor Walker in jail. It’s clear him and his staff should be charged with felony, just like Cynthia Archer.

  3. What I’m looking for is a legal opinion based on this disclosure.

    If looks solid for an indictment, but I am a finance guy, not a legal eagle.

    Someone, anyone, pleased provide a credible legal link.

  5. I don’t think that the Walker staff email story is getting any traction state-wide because there is a concerted effort by Gannett (for one source) to ignore it. Printing anything critical about Walker could mean a public outcry from citizens who become honestly informed about the story. Just searched Gannett online to four different parts of the state and a casino gaming story is the lead in each instance.

    Walker being forced out now for any reason jeopardizes a lot of future campaign cash from the largest potential source for it, the Walker re-election organization.

    Nothing too mysterious here, Walker hides, the news orgs continue to not report.

    Christian Schneider continues to bloviate.

    http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/the-anti-walker-crowd-needs-to-keep-looking-b99207808z1-246548921.html

    Again with the excuse that Walker won the recall so there is really no story to report about the emails, CS failing to point out the recall was won with big money, and unwavering backing by his own employers.

    1. Isn’t it ironic the “Father of all lies” would give a son the name, Christian?

      Damn him, Mr. Schneider is devilishly adroit in deceiving, denying, dissembling, and distracting.

  6. He’s not saying anything because there are other emails out there. We’ve only seen Kelly’s emails.
    As long as all the emails in that secret system are safely tucked away, the whole story will remain unknown.

  7. From Dan Bice: “Emails suggest Gov. Scott Walker may have known more than he let on”

    http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/noquarter/emails-suggest-gov-scott-walker-may-have-known-more-than-he-let-on-b99211276z1-246707541.html

    Assume it will be front-page in tomorrow’s JS.

    Sunday is the beginning of the news cycle. In a general kind of way, editors disclose what stories they think will most interest their readers, and how they’re deploying their reporting resources that week.

    Walker wanted this story to end last Friday, the end of the weekly news cycle. That would have allowed he and his media team to “tie it off,” as “old news.” If you want to write about it, it opens you up to charges from us (oligarch funded media, Brian Sikma….) about why you aren’t recycling old stories about Democrats.

    People learn through repetition. What “works” with the media and its readers is the steady, drip, drip, drip…. Think Bice’s piece is very good news. As state Republicans see this unfolding, it forces them to consider a back-up plan to Walker. On the national Republican level “Why Rand Paul’s denouncement of Ted Nugent matters” http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/02/21/why-rand-pauls-denouncement-of-ted-nugent-matters/ is right on target. With Chris Christie and now Scott Walker sinking fast, Paul’s on the rise. That means he can move to the political center of the Republican party. (Insert jokes here)

    OT, I would strongly urge anyone interested in politics or government to read Walker’s emails. Walker’s team beat Barrett/Tate twice. They are a text book example of how it’s done. They are relentless about always pressuring the reporters and editors to get out their message. They’re helping reporters and editors with stories about any person/position, they don’t like. They lambast any reporting that’s positive about a person/position they don’t like.

    In defense of Barrett/Tate, Walker had a lot more money and that really helps. He also had wingnut radio.

    I’ve seen almost zero from Ms. Burke’s team

    1. Probably not a great idea for Burke to wade in – she stands to make good gains and should demonstrate there’s a clear moral and ethical choice. But I think the Party should draw on an elder statesman or stateswoman to frame the dialogue and show that once upon a time Wisconsin practiced clean government and aspired to be better.

    1. What is relevant in the story you linked to is the judgement of NOT guilty again predetermined by the MJS staff here, not so subtly stated:

      The 27,000 pages of records unsealed last week from the John Doe investigation don’t appear to show Walker doing anything illegal. Prosecutors didn’t file criminal charges against Walker or anyone in his current administration.

      Again the meme that Walker wasn’t charged before, so there is nothing illegal going on, reinforcing Walker’s main denial or excuse. As several other takes on why Walker was not charged during John Doe I are emerging, the MJS has no business telling the public, what the predominance of this email trove shows, to be just the opposite case.

      MJS attempting to appear nonpartisan in parts of its coverage, but still supporting the governor at just about every turn is sickening.

      1. nonq, points well made, as usual.

        As long as Ms. Burke and the Democratic party aren’t going to claim illegality, and back it up, that makes it a lot tougher for the JS News room, which is already getting pillaged from Journal Broadcast Group, Charlie Sykes….

        JS is also protecting D.A. Chisholm, without whom, none of this would have come out.

        If we’re going to slam the JS News room, then let’s balance that with the excellent work they did on Chief Flynn padding his numbers, saying violent crimes in the City of Milwaukee was headed south, when it was actually headed north.

        http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/hundreds-of-assault-cases-misreported-by-milwaukee-police-department-v44ce4p-152862135.html

        Similarly, the JS News room broke the stories misconduct at MPD. “Both Sides of the Law” http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/131554703.html

        It was the JS newsroom, single-handedly, who got a slight measure of justice for the family of Darius Simmons http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/family-friends-of-shooting-victim-recall-a-loving-teen-ps5kvgi-156849655.html

        A counter-weight to police brutality is key to any hopes we have of resuscitating organized labor in Southeastern Wisconsin. The only folks with a footprint big enough to do that work in the JS newsroom. Unless/until liberals can mount a media force that can “move the needle” like the front-page of the JS, it imho remains a critical resource against the oligarchs.

        I’ve linked to “Where I live in East Baltimore, everything looks like ‘The Wire’ and nobody cares what a ‘selfie’ is” below, because I think it’s really important

        http://www.salon.com/2014/02/05/too_poor_for_pop_culture/

        JS newsroom is losing print subscriptions. Their net income on online subscriptions isn’t nearly as much. Since they’re taking taxpayer money from Walker’s WEDC (Wisconsin Economic Development Council) I assume ad revenue is still down.

        IMHO, liberals in southeastern Wisconsin have to do a better job of supporting the editors and reporters at the JS. That means subscribing, getting in the comments, and feeding them the kind of stories they need to publish seven-days a week, 365 days a year. That’s what Walker and the oligarchs media team do. They send press releases, they’re always available for quotes. They help the JS sell newspapers. I think our message is a lot better for the JS’ bottom line than the GOP’s austerity message, but for the most part, it’s not getting through.

        Dems (Peter Barca???) in the Assembly could call for Walker to be impeached. A few Republicans might think that’s not such a bad idea, or for Walker to resign. That would give them time to nominate someone else. It’s the kind of thing that sells newspapers and I agree with you, I think the evidence does warrant the “i word.”

        Another factor in this is that this is just a sliver of the emails. All Walker’s other secret router email’s are still in lock down. The JS has filed a law suit to get those released. I’ve heard rumors that one of Walker’s emails contains the line, “the taxpayers will have to take it in the shorts.” That would certainly help.

        1. Was remiss in not including Meg Kissinger’s work on the mentally ill above. JS has sunk a huge investment in that reporting. Assigned it to their best reporters and best editors. It’s that reporting which is the basis for the most accessible parts of a good chunk of the John Doe emails, see Kelly Rindfleisch calling the Mental Health Complex, the “County Looney bin.”

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